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Nobel Laureate Professor Sir John Gurdon dies aged 92 It is with great sadness that the University shares the news of the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon, founder of the Gurdon Institute.

So sad to hear the news - John truly was an inspiration to so many, and one of a kind.

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Workshop: Revisiting Metabolic Fundamentals Organisers: Lydia Finley and Milhelm Palm Early-career researchers apply for funded places 26-29 April 2026 Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK The Company of Biologists logo with a colourful nautilus

Less than a month left for early-career researchers to apply for a funded place at our Workshop on Revisiting Metabolic Fundamentals, organised by Lydia Finley and Wilhelm Palm.

Apply by 24 October.

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Cover: Skin-resident macrophages (white) migrate towards a scratch wound (centre) in a zebrafish skin explant. To reach the wound margin, migrating macrophages must navigate through a dense network of epithelial cells, which are visualised using a reporter for epithelial junctions (α-catenin-Citrine, magenta). Live-cell imaging and chemical perturbations demonstrate that skin macrophages require microtubules to efficiently respond to tissue damage and navigate epithelial obstacles. See article by E. Peterman et al. (jcs264101).

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check out our work in the most recent issue of @jcellsci.bsky.social !

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The 2026 UK CellularMicrobiologyNetwork meeting will be held 22nd - 23rd of June at @wwiem-qub.bsky.social in Belfast.

Researchers from the UK and beyond are invited to share exciting work on the mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions.

Follow us to stay tuned! www.ukcellmicro.org

Historical timeline of the key discoveries in integrin research.

In their Perspective article, Reinhard Fässler and Arnoud Sonnenberg @asonnenberg.bsky.social highlight the work that led to the discovery of integrins and the principles of how they function.
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Mario Ledesma-Terrón, Diego Pérez-Dones, David Míguez and colleagues @cbm-csic-uam.bsky.social @ifimacuam.bsky.social present OSCAR, a framework to quantify 3D stacks with high cellular density.
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Care about climate change? The evidence shows these are the most impactful actions you can take Care about climate change? Here's what the evidence shows are the most effective things you can do.

Very cool! The BBC is featuring the new SHIFT website that we built with @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social to advance tailored, science-based personal climate actions.

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Another record month for bioRxiv - and further evidence the pandemic spike+dip was just that and growth continues. Thanks to all involved and that includes 🫵

Promotional graphic for a special issue of Journal of Cell Science titled 'Cell Biology of the Nucleus.' Guest Editor: Abby Buchwalter. Submission deadline: 3 November 2025. The image features a stylized cell with a bright pink, heart-shaped nucleus on a black background. Text includes a call for papers.

We're still accepting submissions for our next special issue:
Cell Biology of the Nucleus
Guest edited by @abbybuch.bsky.social and Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social.
Submission deadline: 3 November
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Bioimage Analysis Specialist | King's College London

BioImage analysis friends - King's are recruiting for a full-time, permanent facility position! Come and work with fun microscopes and fun people (and me!) - please share! www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/126345-...

Intracellular mechanics and organelle mechanobiology Mechanobiology is an interdisciplinary field that emerges at the cross-section of biology, physics and engineering. It aims to understand how living cells, tissues and animals sense and respond to me…

Announcing a new @embo.org Workshop on "Intracellular mechanics and organelle mechanobiology" that we are organizing with Michael Krieg and Verena Ruprecht at @icfo.eu (Barcelona) on 16-20 February, 2026. Please, repost and spread the word! 🙏 #EMBOmechanobio

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The integrin odyssey – a journey full of fundamental discoveries Summary: This Perspective highlights the key discoveries in integrin research that laid the foundation for a successful field.

“The integrin odyssey – a journey full of fundamental discoveries” by Fässler and Sonnenberg in @jcellsci.bsky.social, worth a read!
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Proud to support the 2025 European Drosophila Research Conference (EDRC) @edrc2025.bsky.social and publish important Drosophila research across our portfolio of journals.

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Australian Cell Cycle, DNA repair and Telomere meeting draft schedule is now online!
Join us with 5 plenary speakers, 16 invited national speakers, 22 selected speakers, 61 poster presenters and lots and lots of fun science. Less than one month to go.
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Crick BioImage analysis Symposium (CBIAS2024) Overview of the 2024 edition of the Crick BioImage Analysis Symposium featuring impressions from 3 microscopists

Still undecided about registering to #CBIAS2025? See what last year’s participants had to say about their experience on @focalplane.bsky.social!

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Now isn't this just the best reason to accept to review JCS papers as well as our sister journals Development, Biology Open, DMM and J Experimental Biology!

Eric Peterman @errricpeterman.bsky.social, Jeffrey Rasmussen @jraslab.bsky.social @uwbiology.bsky.social & colleagues discover that microtubules regulate tissue-level navigation in skin-resident macrophages.
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⤵️Our mini-symposium with the membrane trafficking webinar series is tomorrow at 15:00 BST (UTC+1). We're looking forward to hearing from @nickader.bsky.social, @maiblab.bsky.social, Mónica Quiñones-Frías and Gillian Griffiths.

Check out our latest review on Basement Membranes!

Including scaled representation of protein & glycan components 😊

@mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social

Landscape - The Forest of Biologists

Am I oddly excited to learn about the tree that @jcellsci.bsky.social protected in the Forest of Biologists in recognition of my peer review? Yes. 🤓

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‘First Persons’ through the decades – 100 years of notable scientists in Journal of Cell Science Summary: JCS highlights the lives and careers of 10 notable scientists from around the world who published first author papers in our journal over the last 100 years.

Big thanks to Amelia Glazier and @jcellsci.bsky.social for including me in ‘First Persons’ through the decades – 100 years of notable scientists in Journal of Cell Science journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... Happy to be in such great company!

‘First Persons’ through the decades – 100 years of notable scientists in Journal of Cell Science Summary: JCS highlights the lives and careers of 10 notable scientists from around the world who published first author papers in our journal over the last 100 years.

Lovely to see David Stephens highlighted in 100 years of cell biologists at J. Cell Sci., alongside Linda Amos, Peter Medawar, Juan Bonifacino, and others
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Huge thanks to all of our peer reviewers! Thanks to your efforts, we’ve helped to restore and preserve over 10,000 trees in ancient woodland! 🌳
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Head of the Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is Europe’s flagship life sciences organisation, and one of the world’s leading research institutions. An intergovernmental organisation of 29 Member S...

EMBL Cell Biology and Biophysics department is searching for a new director. A major position to lead this field in Europe and beyond.
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Description Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...

@mariasecrier.bsky.social & I are looking for an enthusiastic & excellent data scientist for a 4-year postdoc to understand cell cycle dysregulation in cancer.

Deadline 15th October. Get in touch if you have any questions.

Please repost!

More details:
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FlyBase needs your help! We ask that European labs continue to contribute to Cambridge, UK FlyBase, whereas US and other non-European labs can contribute to US FlyBase. For more information and how to donate: wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...

We’re organizing a conference at @ijmonod.bsky.social in Paris, January 2026, in memory of M.P. Sheetz — pioneer in cell mechanics and mechanobiology, co-discoverer of kinesin, and founder of @mbisg.bsky.social. Join us to explore his legacy.

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#Drosophila community - look at this amazing lineup for #InDRC2025

Registration for #InDRC2025 is now open! Visit indrc2025.in to register and submit your abstract.

#genetics #devbio
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Journal of Cell Science Meeting 2026 Imaging Cell Dynamics Date: 11 – 14 May 2026 Venue: Montanyà Hotel, Catalonia, Spain Register now Early-bird deadline: 16 January 2026 Image of a cell showing the nucleus and the cytoskeleton

Registration is open for our Imaging Cell Dynamics meeting.
Organised by @franbottanelli.bsky.social, @guijacquemet.bsky.social, @drmichaelway.bsky.social & Giulia Zanetti, the meeting will focus on the interface between cell biology and imaging.
For more info: www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs...

About - The Forest of Biologists About The Forest of Biologists The Forest of Biologists is a biodiversity initiative launched by The Company of Biologists, with support from the Woodland Trust. The aim of the initiative is to counte...

Did you know...
We plant a tree for every peer-reviewed article we publish 🌳
Find out more about The Forest of Biologists, our ongoing biodiversity initiative:
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